Security system for fasteners
OwnerZachary Daniel Rixinventor
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Abstract
A security system for fasteners includes a plug configured to be received by a fastener so that the fastener cannot be manipulated by a tool in the usual manner. A magnetic insertion tool may be used to seat the plug. A removal tool includes an extraction head configured to mate with the plug so that the plug can be removed when it is necessary or desirable to manipulate the fastener. A slide hammer assembly may provide the necessary force to unseat the plug.
Claims15
A system for securing a fastener against unwanted tampering, the system comprising:
- a plug configured to engage the head of a fastener to be secured, the plug having an external profile;
- an extraction tool having a first end and a second end, the first end of the extraction tool being configured to mate with the external profile of the plug in such a manner as to allow the extraction tool to exert a pulling force on the plug;
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- a slide hammer assembly removably attached to the second end of the extraction tool, the slide hammer assembly comprising a slide bolt having a shaft and a stop at a first end thereof, and a weight slidingly disposed on said shaft,
- wherein movement of the weight along the slide bolt shaft and impacting the stop thereof creates a force on said slide hammer shaft and said extraction tool, thereby pulling said plug from engagement with said fastener.
A system for securing a fastener against unwanted tampering, the system comprising:
- a plug configured to be received by a fastener to be secured;
- an extraction tool having a first end, a second end, and a shaft extending between the first end and second end, the first end of the extraction tool comprising an extraction head configured to engage said plug, and the second end of said extraction tool comprising a stop;
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- a weight slidingly disposed on the shaft of the extraction tool.
A method for securing a fastener against tampering and gaining authorized access to said fastener, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a plug comprising a body configured to be received into an opening in the head of a faster;
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- b) seating the plug within the opening in the head of the fastener, when securing the fastener, the method further comprising the steps of:
- c) engaging the plug with an extraction tool configured to engage an external profile of said plug;
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- d) applying a pulling force to the extraction tool, thereby unseating the plug from the opening in the head of the fastener,
- when gaining authorized access to the fastener.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.